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About the journal

Aims and scope, how the journal works, who publishes it, and where it is indexed.

Aims and scope

The Journal of Aircraft and Spacecraft Technology is devoted to the advancement of the applied science and technology of aircraft and spacecraft through the publication of original archival papers. Papers are sought that describe advances in technology, material developments, modelling, design methodologies, performance evaluation, manufacturing, and mission design for all aspects of aircraft and spacecraft. The Journal seeks papers related to general aviation, military and civilian aircraft, UAV, STOL and V/STOL, subsonic, supersonic, transonic, and hypersonic aircraft. The journal also seeks papers related to spacecraft systems and subsystems, missile systems and subsystems, mission design and analysis, reentry devices, trans-atmospheric vehicles, human and environmental factors in space craft, and space instrumentation. The Journal of Aircraft and Spacecraft Technology publishes original research papers, review papers, case studies, and short communications.

Scope

The Journal of Aircraft and Spacecraft Technology publishes articles of outstanding quality. Each article is reviewed by minimum of two referees. The journal welcomes papers from a wide range of countries. This journal publishes original research papers, review papers, case studies, and short communications related to the advancement of the applied science and technology of aircraft and spacecraft.

How the journal works

Every article is published open access the day it is ready. Each article shows the licence printed on it. Articles published since 2021 are under CC BY 4.0; most published from 2015 to 2020 are under CC BY 3.0; earlier articles are mostly free to read under the publisher’s copyright, and some carry CC BY 3.0. Authors keep the copyright of articles under a CC BY licence. Manuscripts get single-anonymised peer review by at least two reviewers; an editor never handles a manuscript they wrote or have a conflict with. We follow COPE’s guidelines. Peer review process · Editorial independence · Publication ethics · Use of generative AI · Data availability · Appeals and complaints

Where the journal is indexed

  • CNEN · Listed
  • CNKI · Listed
  • Crossref · Listed
  • J-Gate · Listed
  • JournalSeeker · Listed
  • JournalTOCs · Listed
  • Open Library · Listed
  • ROAD · Listed
  • Scilit · Listed
  • World Catalogue of Scientific Journals · Listed

We list only services that index the journal today, read from the Indexing register and checked every year.

Journal metrics

Last 12 months, updated nightly.

2Submissions
1Articles published
–Acceptance rate
347 daysSubmission to publication (median)
60 daysSubmission to first decision (median)

How these are calculated: submissions are counted on the day they arrive; the acceptance rate is accepted ÷ (accepted + rejected) for manuscripts received in 2025; both times are medians from receipt.

Reach since 2017

85Articles
392Citations (Crossref)
725,130Views
411,956Downloads

Articles per year

2010281341243'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Articles per year. The same counts as All volumes.
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Articles per year
YearArticles
20253
20244
20232
20221
20214
202013
201928
201810
201720

DOIs and preservation

Crossref registers every article’s DOI (prefix 10.3844) with its title, authors, abstract and licence, and, for new articles, its references. Portico preserves every article, so it stays readable even if this site goes away. Archiving

Publisher

Published by Science Publications (founded 2003), registered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, licence no. 710490. About us · Contact · complaints: [email protected]